Displaying over 100 different varieties of deadly plants is the Poison Garden in Alnwick, kept behind black iron gates and only accessible with a guided tour. Visitors are prohibited from touching, smelling, or tasting anything grown within the garden walls. However, most of the fatal foliage ca...
The garden tiger moth (Arctia caja) drapes itself in color to warn potential predators that it makes a nasty snack. This moth is found in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and is part of the large moth family Erebidae, which is known for containing manytoxic species. As caterpillars, these ...
Exploring, sniffing and digging — what dog doesn't love spending time in the garden? And with many of us sharing their passion for the outdoors, often planting and pruning as soon as the sun shines, we’ve put together a list of plants that are poisonous to dogs so that you can achie...
Water hemlock, (genus Cicuta), genus of four species of poisonous plants in the parsley family (Apiaceae), common throughout the north temperate zone. Water hemlocks typically grow in wet, marshy places and are often confused with nonpoisonous members of
Although pretty sure they are edible, some mushrooms have come up in an area of the garden where I tip old plants and it’s fairly damp. We picked one today and I’m a little concerned that we touched /handled and smelt them. They at an outside could be angels death?. Is it okay...
London. “The natural world is magical, mysterious and ultimately unknowable. The Garden of Eden is the original metaphor for being, that unimaginable paradise from which humans were banished but seem always to seek to return to, perhaps like the Romantics who sought the sublime in nature. ...